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Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To put up by sticking.
  2. v. transitive, idiomatic To rob at gunpoint.
  3. v. intransitive To protect one's status.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
  2. v. defend against attack or criticism

Examples

  • “Conklin said, “I’m the helpful type, ain’t I, Rape-o,” moving the stick up and down, wrist flicks while the dog humped the air.”

    The Big Nowhere

  • “He wore madras shorts and a light-yellow polo shirt, and he had a kind of tight look about him, as if he were born with a stick up his butt.”

    Simon & Schuster: Paradise Lost

  • “Once Brimone turned her back Cecelia whispered to Cynthia, “Mike must have a stick up his ass.””

    Simon & Schuster: The Office girls

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Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. support
  1. fend for
  1. defend

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. stick
  2. sticker-up
  3. strap-oyster
  4. uphold
  5. shanghai
  1. clocks
  2. inao
  3. packing-stick
  4. claim
  5. pin clover
  1. pin grass
  2. redstem storksbill
  3. cock
  4. grub
  5. perk
  1. erodium cicutarium
  2. filaree
  3. alfilaria
  4. alfileria
  5. bulk
  1. filaria
  2. bacillus
  3. decision
  4. spit
  5. typesetting
  1. volume

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